2014 Scholarship applications are now available!

The Center for Financial Empowerment, formerly the SCE FCU Foundation, offers college and trade school scholarships to young adults with financial need who demonstrate hard work, dedication, community involvement and a drive to succeed. The scholarship program encourages students from families of modest means to pursue higher education in order to learn a trade or establish a career, and is open to qualifying students that meet the applicant eligibility requirements. Twenty students will be awarded a scholarship – ten students receiving $1,000 each and an additional ten receiving $500 each.

Applications must be received by March 1, 2014

The program is open to current high school seniors, and to current or prospective college or trade school students 24 years of age or younger.

Eligibilty Requirements

1

Applicant is a high school senior (on track to graduate in current school year), or a high school graduate under 24 years, or a college undergraduate student under 24 years of age

2

Applicant has solid plans to attend an accredited college, universidty, trade college or vocational school in the Fall of 2014

Membership in SCE Federal Credit Union is not an application requirement for this scholarship. SCE FCU membership is not a criterion for this award, and the applicant's membership status will not be considered in the selection process.

However, SCE FCU membership is required prior to scholarship funding. If an applicant is selected as a scholarship recipient and is not a member-owner of SCE FCU, he/she will need to open a membership account with SCE FCU to activate the scholarship award. Here's why...

We strongly believe that credit union membership can significantly contribute to smart management of your personal finances, and we want to help our scholarship recipients be successful in their finances as well as their education. We are confident that access to SCE FCU's competitive and convenient financial services will give them an advantage they won't get from other financial institutions.